not adapted

Example Sentences

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“That leaves us with a financial system that is not adapted to fast-growing firms,” he says.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"Humans are not adapted to be exposed to lead at the levels we have been exposed to over the past century," Reuben said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

That said, our first attempts to generate new hybrids did not create strains with the characteristics we wanted – they were not adapted to the conditions of fermentation.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024

Essentially they were those who had not adapted themselves to what had once been called the Atomic Age, in the days when atoms were a novelty.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov